Car Talk 5: The Juice is Loose!

max225 · Mon Mar 30, 2020 12:44 pm

Johnny_P wrote: ↑Mon Mar 30, 2020 12:22 pm Premium gas markups yesterday

87 to 93 markup
$0.90
$0.90
$0.95
$0.60
$0.60

87 to diesel markup
$1.50

What's the 87 baseline?

D Griff · Mon Mar 30, 2020 12:50 pm

Gas is pretty much free here now, 87 is like $1.75.

CaleDeRoo · Mon Mar 30, 2020 12:51 pm

MrH42 wrote: ↑Mon Mar 30, 2020 10:51 am
max225 wrote: ↑Sun Mar 29, 2020 11:18 am

C7s are low 30s now ? They haven’t dipped under 50 until the last 2 months.

I want high 20's!

Found one for you!

Johnny_P · Mon Mar 30, 2020 12:57 pm

max225 wrote: ↑Mon Mar 30, 2020 12:44 pm
Johnny_P wrote: ↑Mon Mar 30, 2020 12:22 pm Premium gas markups yesterday

87 to 93 markup
$0.90
$0.90
$0.95
$0.60
$0.60

87 to diesel markup
$1.50
What's the 87 baseline?

$2.25-2.50 ish

ChrisoftheNorth · Mon Mar 30, 2020 1:00 pm

87 is $1.30-$1.60 here. Pretty remarkable.

troyguitar · Mon Mar 30, 2020 1:05 pm

Detroit wrote:87 is $1.30-$1.60 here. Pretty remarkable.

Whoa. I think we're still around $2.50 for 87 and $3.30 for 93.

ChrisoftheNorth · Mon Mar 30, 2020 1:08 pm

troyguitar wrote: ↑Mon Mar 30, 2020 1:05 pm
Detroit wrote:87 is $1.30-$1.60 here. Pretty remarkable.
Whoa. I think we're still around $2.50 for 87 and $3.30 for 93.

This is what I was expecting when I ventured out a few days ago. The Meijer on 8-mile (you and I got gas there once) was at $1.30 for 87 on Saturday night. The most expensive gas in the area is in my neighborhood on Woodward and it was $1.60 yesterday.

SAWCE · Mon Mar 30, 2020 1:23 pm

I paid $2.559/gal at Costco yesterday out here. Would love to see sub $2, but I don’t think that’ll happen in my area.

NeonJonny · Mon Mar 30, 2020 1:23 pm

CaleDeRoo wrote: ↑Mon Mar 30, 2020 12:51 pm
MrH42 wrote: ↑Mon Mar 30, 2020 10:51 am

I want high 20's!
Found one for you!

Brodozer diesel mileage.

CorvetteWaxer · Mon Mar 30, 2020 1:28 pm

CaleDeRoo wrote: ↑Mon Mar 30, 2020 12:51 pm
MrH42 wrote: ↑Mon Mar 30, 2020 10:51 am

I want high 20's!
Found one for you!

Wow. 417k miles... That guy had a plan!

"Hey Cletus, you should sell the single wide with that 1985 Camaro that's out there on cinder blocks and live out of a Corvette!"

max225 · Mon Mar 30, 2020 1:44 pm

Why would anyone drive 420k miles in a corvette. :wtf:

other than to "break the internet"

D Griff · Mon Mar 30, 2020 1:55 pm

you're a traveling sales guy and like to have fun?

They have a lot of room for shit inside. With mag ride they probably ride well, but even the C5 is pretty damn good on the highway, they just suck in city where roads and transitions are shit.

max225 · Mon Mar 30, 2020 2:01 pm

D Griff wrote: ↑Mon Mar 30, 2020 1:55 pm you're a traveling sales guy and like to have fun?

They have a lot of room for shit inside. With mag ride they probably ride well, but even the C5 is pretty damn good on the highway, they just suck in city where roads and transitions are shit.

I am curious about the profession... I mean you'd think something like a WAGON/Something more comfortable would make more sense...

2014... 420k miles...
6 years... 70k miles a year...
~6k miles a month
~200 miles per day EVERY DAY OF THE YEAR
@50mph which is HIGH for someone who has to pull over to shit + city miles... 6 hrs a day for 365 days a year... kind of insane. And that's DRIVING, with NO WORK or SALES CALL TIME.

For a delivery vehicle/limo it makes sense.. but for a Corvette, I am :notsure:

, so I am curious about the gig

Johnny_P · Mon Mar 30, 2020 2:11 pm

troyguitar wrote: ↑Mon Mar 30, 2020 1:05 pm
Detroit wrote:87 is $1.30-$1.60 here. Pretty remarkable.
Whoa. I think we're still around $2.50 for 87 and $3.30 for 93.

max225 · Mon Mar 30, 2020 2:12 pm

We're finally under $3 in cali... which is still insanely high compared to the rest of y'all... a lot of stations are actually closer to $4... Costco is the only one driving the prices down.

ChrisoftheNorth · Mon Mar 30, 2020 2:29 pm

D Griff wrote: ↑Mon Mar 30, 2020 1:55 pm you're a traveling sales guy and like to have fun?

They have a lot of room for shit inside. With mag ride they probably ride well, but even the C5 is pretty damn good on the highway, they just suck in city where roads and transitions are shit.

C7 is quite a bit more cramped inside than a C5 IMO. That's why I never really had a strong desire for one.

Last year a C5 was donated to the museum with 500k (IIRC) miles on it. Old dude that had businesses in the carolinas and Florida and he regularly drove between them. Those can be long distances if done frequently, but probably cheaper than flying? :notsure:

max225 · Mon Mar 30, 2020 2:35 pm

Detroit wrote: ↑Mon Mar 30, 2020 2:29 pm
D Griff wrote: ↑Mon Mar 30, 2020 1:55 pm you're a traveling sales guy and like to have fun?

They have a lot of room for shit inside. With mag ride they probably ride well, but even the C5 is pretty damn good on the highway, they just suck in city where roads and transitions are shit.
C7 is quite a bit more cramped inside than a C5 IMO. That's why I never really had a strong desire for one.

Last year a C5 was donated to the museum with 500k (IIRC) miles on it. Old dude that had businesses in the carolinas and Florida and he regularly drove between them. Those can be long distances if done frequently, but probably cheaper than flying?

500k miles in 20 years is reasonable... hell my dad has that in his Crown vic, but in 6 ? :wtf:

Tar · Mon Mar 30, 2020 2:40 pm

troyguitar wrote: ↑Mon Mar 30, 2020 9:43 am Looks a little small.

Needs third row seating.

Tar · Mon Mar 30, 2020 2:47 pm

If the write off is there, commuting as a business owner has tax benefits that will flat out pay for the car. Some peeps like doing it in fun cars, others drive fuel misers to capitalize on the write off

D Griff · Mon Mar 30, 2020 3:47 pm

Detroit wrote: ↑Mon Mar 30, 2020 2:29 pm
D Griff wrote: ↑Mon Mar 30, 2020 1:55 pm you're a traveling sales guy and like to have fun?

They have a lot of room for shit inside. With mag ride they probably ride well, but even the C5 is pretty damn good on the highway, they just suck in city where roads and transitions are shit.
C7 is quite a bit more cramped inside than a C5 IMO. That's why I never really had a strong desire for one.

Last year a C5 was donated to the museum with 500k (IIRC) miles on it. Old dude that had businesses in the carolinas and Florida and he regularly drove between them. Those can be long distances if done frequently, but probably cheaper than flying?

I've seen that, the red one? I think it was more like 700K. Agreed with Max that 420K in six years is :mindblown:

but a lot of sales bros do quite a bit. You're driving from meeting to meeting all day, oftern times in a region that covers a lot of ground, especially in less dense areas. For example here, we have reps that cover just SoCal but then also guys who cover Utah, Nevada, Colorado... lots of windshield time in a gig like that. I could see doing it in a C7 honestly, why not? It would be fun, good conversation starter at your meetings, less pretentious than a Porsche, etc.

CaleDeRoo · Mon Mar 30, 2020 3:55 pm

troyguitar wrote: ↑Mon Mar 30, 2020 1:05 pm
Detroit wrote:87 is $1.30-$1.60 here. Pretty remarkable.
Whoa. I think we're still around $2.50 for 87 and $3.30 for 93.

We're low 2.7x range for 93 here.

CaleDeRoo · Tue Mar 31, 2020 12:36 pm

Four years ago today I got my first overnight part from Japan

D Griff · Tue Mar 31, 2020 1:36 pm

CaleDeRoo wrote: ↑Tue Mar 31, 2020 12:36 pm Four years ago today I got my first overnight part from Japan

D Griff · Tue Mar 31, 2020 1:37 pm

I love gold :ramz:

max225 · Tue Mar 31, 2020 1:38 pm

Tarspin wrote: ↑Mon Mar 30, 2020 2:47 pm If the write off is there, commuting as a business owner has tax benefits that will flat out pay for the car. Some peeps like doing it in fun cars, others drive fuel misers to capitalize on the write off

But I would rather spend that amount of time in something that isn’t so low and harsh